The Anointing Nick Bowlin | River Church Frankfurt

What is the anointing?

The anointing is the very manifest presense of God

The anointing is the divine empowerment of the Holy Spirit that enables a person to fulfill God's purpose. It is the supernatural presence and power of God that equips individuals for ministry, leadership, and service.

-when God’s power is manifest something is going to happen

• There are singers and there are anointed singers

• There are preachers and there are anointed preachers

• The anointing is not for a select few but for every believer

• You need this anointing to fulfill God's purpose for your life

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭4:16-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Luke 5:15-17 KJV

“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭10:27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

• The anointing is the supernatural equipment to get the job done

• Construction and tools needed

• A chainsaw

• Many people are trying to fulfill God’s purpose for their lives in their strength

• Not by might not by power but by my spirit

• Moses begin to have desires to see his people deliver

• But he tried to fulfill Gods plan for his Life

Jesus was anointed

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus showed us the pattern

“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3:13-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭10:38‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The early church was anointed

For

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

• These men were no longer the same men

• They all scattered when Jesus was crucified

• They were without understanding

• “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.”

• ‭‭John‬ ‭16:7, 12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

• After the anointing of the Holy Ghost came upon them these ordinary men shook the world

“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭5:12-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

• It was because the anointing that the disciples carried that they were able to carry out God’s purpose for their lives

The anointing is for every believer

-God doesn’t have favorites

-The Holy Spirit lives in you

-The anointing is for every area of life

-Ministry, business, government, raising Godly children

- Believers believe that the anointing is confined to a church service

- You are the meeting

- That Power is for a purpose, to change the world around you

• Every believer is calling into the ministry of reconciliation

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:17-19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

• Every believer is called in the ministry of helps

“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭6:1-7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

So what has God called you to do?

-You need the anointing

You have to get hungry

• If you want God’s touch on your life you have to touch him

• I got hungry

• Many nights I cried out to God

• That is why we Must press in and find God’s purpose for our lives

• We must get hungry

• Not for power, not for position, but for His presence

“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭5:25-29, 31-34‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Hunger for God
Matthew 5:6 – "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

Prayer and Worship
Acts 13:2 – "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’"

Consecration
2 Timothy 2:21 – "Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work."

Faith and Obedience
Zechariah 4:6 – "So he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty."

Impartation
2 Timothy 1:6 – "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands."